Doppelgängers
A doppelgänger is a person's physical double. Seeing one's own doppelgänger often heralds death or serious illness. Paranormal investigators believe that the doppelgänger is an individual's past or future self. In some traditions, the double has no shadow or reflection.
Here are two seriously creepy horror movies about doppelgängers...
The Broken (2009)
Dream Lover (1986)
Evil kids
There's something undeniably scary about children gone evil wether it's through vampirism (Salem's Lot), radioactivity (The Children Of Ravensback), aliens (Village Of The Damned) or just plain insanity (Devil Times Five, We Need To Talk About Kevin, The Good Son).
The following are my favorite evil kids movies...
The Children Of Ravensback (1980)
Bloody Birthday (1981)
Who Can Kill A Child? (1976)
Monstrous animals
Animals will always be cute and cuddly, even if they take on monstrous proportions. So they might not be the scariest, but they're definitely the most fun. Zombie dogs, demonic cats, killer morays, giant turtles, hungry bears, angry rabbits, ... It would be difficult to pick a favorite. Anyway, here's a small selection...
Belve Feroci (1984)
The Bermuda Depths (1978)
Night Of The Lepus (1972)
What are your favorite monsters?
I like creatures and animals that go bad. Also like the paranormal monsters. Never know what you're going to get.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've seen a single one of the movies you've highlighted. I've bookmarked so I can re-visit and watch all the trailers.
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I love zombie movies, but I've got to admit that evil kids totally creep me out! I can never watch a movie with an evil kid in it or I have nightmares!
ReplyDeleteGreat list. I'm having a hell of a time finding a movie I saw when I was little. Maybe you can help. It's about a little boy who pretty much causes accidents to happen. the one scene I remember the best is him sitting in the car in the garage and the door gets stuck, his father goes to fix it and his tie gets caught on the chain and hangs him. any ideas?
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ReplyDeleteHi Vanessa! I found your blog through the Monday Mingle Moms blog hop. This is the first time Im following a blog like yours but this is really interesting to me. I used to major in Psychology & Literature in uni but lost touch wth it all after a while; it's nice to read relevant material once again :) I hope you do follow back so we can keep in touch Thanks Vanessa! Mandy @ www.makemeupmandy.com
ReplyDeleteHow fun!!! I love getting into the Halloween spirit. Talk about evil kids, I'm still traumatized from Orphan. That movie creeped me out!!
ReplyDeleteGreat list! Some additional evil kids movies are
ReplyDeleteTHE OTHER (1972)
THE GODSEND (1980)
DON'T GO TO SLEEP (1982)
BABY BLOOD (1990)
THE UNBORN (1991)
MIKEY (1992)
THE UNBORN 2 (1994)
Evil kids are soooo frightening! Great choices :)
ReplyDeleteI used to love DOPPELGÄNGER with Drew Barrymore when I was in my teens!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've seen any of those movies. My big thing in film is silent and early sound films, and there are tons of classic horror films in that era. The monster I chose for the bloghop was M. Bison, who scared me so much as a teen. If I were to play Street Fighter again so many years later, I'm sure I'd still be quaking in my boots when it came time to face off against this evil, psycho creature in the final round.
ReplyDeleteMonsters? I love them all, but I adore zombies. So I'm a zombie lover! Thanks for this post. I found it fun and entertaining.
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Precious Monsters
Interesting choices--I'll need to track down some of these movies. Wyndham's Midwich cuckoos, later made into the movie Village of the Damned remains one of my all-time favorite story featuring 'evil brats.'
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You're right, using kids as monsters really gives me the creeps and I stay away from most all those movies. Kids are supposed to be sweet, not evil, or dead and evil!
ReplyDeleteGreat choices!
Kid monsters. Best thing in Korean horror movies! ;)
ReplyDeleteGreat choices, I also enjoy Doppelgangers. In my own works I have used a Fetch which is like a doppelganger ghost.
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People would swear they saw me and talked to me when I was a kid. If it was a Doppelganger, he was sure making the rounds. lol
ReplyDeleteI signed up for Monstrous Monday albeit late. I'll get something up. Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteAwesome post with some excellent clips!! My favorite movie monster is of the (sort of) animal variety: Godzilla. Have a fabulous Halloween! :)
Hi Vanessa, from central BC. This was some scary stuff.
ReplyDeleteEvil kids are terrible to read about or watch in a movie. Some great movies there.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. You know, I've never thought of dopplegangers as horror/creepy, but more as paranormal. That's something to think about. :D
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Most are new to me too, so thanks for giving them some time in the light. This month has been amazing for movie recommendations, and it's an interesting experience to watch movies like this for the first time many years later.
ReplyDeleteOohh! I want to see those doppelgängers movies!
ReplyDeleteI love the doppelganger concept. Very gothic!
ReplyDeleteI have to say that the most frightening scenarios is the evil child - just gives me the willies thinking about them. Maybe this comes from seeing The Bad Seed as a child LOL.
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